CVE-2021-41021
A privilege escalation vulnerability in FortiNAC versions 8.8.8 and below and 9.1.2 and below may...
A privilege escalation vulnerability in FortiNAC versions 8.8.8 and below and 9.1.2 and below may allow an admin user to escalate the privileges to root via the sudo command.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
A privilege escalation vulnerability in FortiNAC versions 8.8.8 and below and 9.1.2 and below may allow an admin user to escalate the privileges to root via the sudo command.
- Record
CVE-2021-41021- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:X/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-28174
A privilege escalation vulnerability in FortiNAC versions 8.8.8 and below and 9.1.2 and below may allow an admin user to escalate the privileges to root via the sudo command.
- Record
EUVD-2021-28174- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:X/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9983-gjwx-g47w
A privilege escalation vulnerability in FortiNAC versions 8.8.8 and below and 9.1.2 and below may...
A privilege escalation vulnerability in FortiNAC versions 8.8.8 and below and 9.1.2 and below may allow an admin user to escalate the privileges to root via the sudo command.
- Record
GHSA-9983-gjwx-g47w- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A privilege escalation vulnerability in FortiNAC versions 8.8.8 and below and 9.1.2 and below may allow an admin user to escalate the privileges to root via the sudo command.
- Record
CVE-2021-41021- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-41021 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Fortinet Fortinac, published December 8, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.26%, the 17th percentile. No source names a fixed version.